Table 1. Quantitative PCR results for bacterial groups.
| Average 16S rRNA gene copies/ug fecal DNA | RatioA | P valuesB | |||||||
| Bacterial species or group | C | E | Y | C/E | C/Y | E/Y | C vs E | C vs Y | E vs Y |
| Clostridium leptum group | 1.99E+07 | 3.02E+07 | 1.60E+07 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.05 |
| Faecalibacterium prausnitzii | 2.01E+07 | 6.99E+07 | 3.80E+07 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.02 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Bifidobacterium spp. | 6.57E+08 | 6.87E+08 | 9.50E+08 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.02 | 0.1 |
| Akkermansia | 2.75E+06 | 1.45E+06 | 1.22E+06 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.01 |
| Archaea | 1.98E+06 | 1.48E+06 | 4.58E+05 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Universal (total bacteria) | 1.78E+09 | 1.39E+09 | 1.38E+09 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 |
A
Ratios of bacterial 16S rRNA gene counts between groups C, E and Y.
B
In bold, the most significant changes (P values<0.05) are reported.